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I wrote about the creepy links that exist between Trump and the anti-christ (per the book of Revelation) in one of my earliest posts. That particular entry, incidentally, has been read and shared by viewers 90x more than all of LR's other blog posts combined. I'm glad this topic is of interest to so many because I've got more addendums to tack onto the original article. (Note: before reading further, I suggest re/reading that piece first.)
All caught up? Then let's begin...
It was recently announced to the press that, despite anti-nepotism laws, Ivanka and her husband Jared will both be taking on important positions in the White House. As of this writing, the public has still not been told what their exact roles will be, but we do know both husband and wife will be working in the West Wing. Because of this eventuality, it is important to take a closer look at precisely who these people are. Let's start with a skeletal timeline of their relationship.
- 2005: Ivanka and Jared are introduced by friends. According to Ivanka, the duo begins dating almost immediately.
- 2006: Jared purchases 666 Fifth Ave. for $1.8 billion—the largest sum of money ever paid for a building in Manhattan at that time.
- 2007 or 2008: Jared breaks up with Ivanka because she isn't Jewish. (There are conflicting media reports regarding the year this happened; some say 2007, others 2008.)
- 2008: Wendy Deng, then wife of Rupert Murdock and current girlfriend of Vladmir Putin, invites the former couple for a weekend on the Murdock yacht. Deng doesn't tell Jared that Ivanka will be there and vice-versa.
- 2008: Whatever happened on the Murdock yacht resulted in Ivanka's decision to convert to Reform Orthodox Judaism and, of course, her subsequent engagement to Jared Kushner. Converting to Judaism is as rigorous a process as converting to Catholicism, but she managed to do so rather quickly and took the Hebrew name Yael before year's end.
- 2009: Ivanka and Jared marry.
- 2011: Arabella Rose Kushner is born.
- 2013: Joseph Frederick Kushner (JFK) is born; his middle name is an homage to Ivanka's paternal grandfather, Fred Christ Trump.
- 2016: Theodore James Kushner is born.
Friends and acquaintances of the couple describe Ivanka as the outgoing, socially polished one and Jared as the quiet, reserved, calculating one. Of Jared, one of his closest friends
compared him to a "chameleon" and noted that, while young in age, Kushner's soul is old.
The Whore of Babylon
There exists little to no consensus on much of anything from those who've made it their life's work studying—and hoping to decode—the final book of the Bible. Amongst believers, Christian adherents range from those who view the Book of Revelation as a metaphor, to those that say it's downright fiction, to those who maintain it is the literal, prophesized truth of events to come. The latter group, mostly comprised of Evangelicals, believe Revelation is the literal truth yet inconsistently attempt to decode it using metaphors.
Let's go for a literal translation. Doing so requires not only knowledge of the Bible, but an understanding of history—especially as it relates to the etymology of words. It also requires being able to place oneself in the proverbial shoes of the man who wrote it, John.
There is no consensus on which John wrote Revelation. I won't divert from the subject at hand to get into the various theories, but whoever John was is less important for purposes of interpretation than where and when he lived. The answer to where, again without overloading you with too much information, is likely the Mediterranean (Greece, Greek Isles, Turkey, or Italy). The answer to when is the 1st century. In other words, we must endeavor to interpret the dreams and visions of a man who lived in the Mediterranean during the 1st century.
No prophetic scholar disputes that the Whore of Babylon and the Anti-Christ are deeply connected. The arguments arise from the questions of (a) how they are connected and (b) whether the Whore of Babylon is a person or a place. I would argue that if you believe the events in Revelation will occur in the literal sense then it stands to reason all interpretations of the book should also be derived from the literal.
Jesus Christ was born to a virgin mother. The Anti-Christ is the antithesis of everything Jesus is and represents. The logical Evangelical conclusion should therefore be that the Whore of Babylon is literally the mother of the Anti-Christ.
Revelation 17:4: And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls...
A 1st century man who dreamt of a woman wearing purple and scarlet would associate those colors with vast wealth. That assertion is further emphasized by describing her as adorned with gold and jewels. In other words, she is a woman of great financial means. Likewise, pearls would have been indicative of wealth back then. And according to Ivanka,
"Pearl earrings were a gift from my husband when my son Joseph was born."
Revelation 17:4 (cont): ...having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.
This is where etymology comes in handy. In the Christian Bible, the word whore carries no sexual connotation with it. Rather, a whore is a person who commits fornication. The word fornication, unless explicitly stated otherwise, does not carry a sexual meaning in the Christian Bible either. Throughout the Old and New Testaments, fornication is used to describe the act of committing adultery against God by renouncing Him for other god/s.
Where Is Babylon?
To a 1st century man, Babylon would have represented a major city of commerce where many languages are spoken (The Tower of Babel). Furthermore...
Revelation 17:1: I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters.
If taken literally, Babylon would have to be on an island. The metaphorical aspects of what the waters represent is also described by John:
Revelation 17:15: And he saith unto me, the waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
A city of commerce that sits on an island rife with people who herald from a multitude of nations and speak many different languages...
Does any city in the modern world meet all of that criteria as demonstrably as New York City? From Wall Street's New York Stock Exchange to the headquarters of the UN (United Nations) overlooking the East River, it is reasonable to argue no.
More Weirdness
I happened to capture the screenshot at right of the Kushners current apartment in Manhattan during a news segment that covered Ivanka and Jared's search for a home in Washington D.C. What's with the bizarre cross in the living room of 2 Orthodox Jews? Worse, the cross appears to be inverted or tilted.
It gets weirder.
In October 2010, Ivanka and Jared appeared together on the TV show
Gossip Girl as themselves. It was the first and last time the Kushners made a guest appearance on a show together. The title of the episode?
The Whore of Babylon.
Bottom Line
666 Fifth Avenue. Frederick Christ Trump. Vast wealth. Renouncing Jesus. The Whore of Babylon. An eyebrow-raising piece of "art" in the living room of the current Trump-Kushner apartment in Manhattan...
If you don't believe the book of Revelation contains the literal truth of events leading up to the end of days then this article is a groan-and-face-palm moment for you. For Evangelicals who do believe in the prophesies of Revelation, however, it would be exceedingly remiss not to consider what is so blatantly right there in plain sight.
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